Javier Aguirre's contract expires June 1, 2024, and Mallorca will not renew. They have already contracted with Osasuna's trainer, Jagoba Arrasate, for the new season.
It looks like Mallorca may end up selling CB Antonio Raillo to Real Betis. He is 32 and his market value is dropping.
New Mallorca trainer Jagoba Arrasate wants to sign Morrocan winger Ez Abde whom he trained at Osasuna during the 2022-23 season. Adbe was with Real Betis last season but scored only one goal across 850 minutes of play (26 matches, likely in just the final few minutes).
Takumo Asano (29 yo, right wing) joins Mallorca from Bochum on a free transfer. Mateu Morey (24 yo, right back) joins from Borussia Dortmund, also on a free.
Mallorca have signed promising youth squad striker Marc Domenech to a new deal. The 18-year-old had been the target of Farcelona, who tabled an insulting €300k bid. Good thing RCD wants to hang on to him. Need to see him in first team action given how poor the offense was last season.
RCD Mallorca have completed their sale for GK Predrag Rajkovic for €11m to sandbox league Al-Ittihad. And in a pre-season friendly win away to Burgos 0-2, both Omar Mascarell and Marc Domenech got on the score sheet. Good thing they didn't sell Domenech for cheap.
Week 1: 0-1-0 1 point RCD Mallorca hosted Real Madrid and came away with a 1-1 draw. Vedat Muriqi scored the goal from a Dani Rodriguez assist. For a full accounting of the match, you can go over to the RM thread and read the 16 pages ON THIS MATCH ALONE. Bunch of wagon train yahoos. Goals - Assists Muriqi 1 - 0 Rodriguez 0 - 1 Goals scored: 1 Goals conceded: 1 Clean sheets: 0
Mallorca in talks with Mats Hummels to come on a free transfer. He is out of contract at Borussia Dortmund. Aging (35) defender who could bring some stability to the back line in a substitute capacity.
Week 2: 0-1-1 1 point Road loss to Osasuna 1-0. Goals - Assists Muriqi 1 - 0 Rodriguez 0 - 1 Goals scored: 1 Goals conceded: 2 Clean sheets: 0
Week 3: 0-2-1 2 points Hosted Sevila but could only draw 0-0. It seems that offense will be a problem this season also. Leo Roman with the clean sheet. Goals - Assists Muriqi 1 - 0 Rodriguez 0 - 1 Goals scored: 1 Goals conceded: 2 Clean sheets: 1
Week 4: 1-2-1 5 points Away to newly promoted Leganes, Mallorca run out 0-1 winners. Vedat Muriqi set up Dani Rodriguez for the winner. Greif got the clean sheet in goal. Goals - Assists Muriqi 1 - 1 Rodriguez 1 - 1 Goals scored: 2 Goals conceded: 2 Clean sheets: 2
Week 5: 1-2-2 5 points Lost 1-2 at home to Villarreal, who used a Toni Lato red card to create pressure and win on a stoppage time goal (90+4'). Mallorca goal came from an Asano cross that was put in by Villarreal defender for an own goal. Goals - Assists Muriqi 1 - 1 Rodriguez 1 - 1 Opp own goal 1 Goals scored: 3 Goals conceded: 4 Clean sheets: 2
Week 6: 2-2-2 8 points Midweek home win over Real Sociedad, 1-0. Real hand ball in the box sent Abdon Prats to the spot where he converted. Clean sheet for Mallorca GK Roman. Goals - Assists Muriqi 1 - 1 Rodriguez 1 - 1 Prats 1 - 0 Opp own goal 1 Goals scored: 4 Goals conceded: 4 Clean sheets: 3
Week 7: 3-2-2 11 points With their away match at Real Betis winding down to a 1-1 draw in stoppage time, Mallorca scored the winner from a corner at 90+4'. Chiquinho (nickname of Francisco Jorge Tavares Oliveira) sent corner into box, which was headed by Costa to Valery (Fernández Estrada) who scored his first goal for RCD. First goal was scored by Dani Rodriguez off an assist from Cyle Larin. Goals - Assists Rodriguez 2 - 1 Muriqi 1 - 1 Prats 1 - 0 Valery 1 - 0 Larin 0 - 1 Costa 0 - 1 Opp own goal 1 Goals scored: 6 Goals conceded: 5 Clean sheets: 3
Week 8: 4-2-2 14 points Mallorca win their third in a row, beating Real Valladolid 1-2 in an away match. Cyle Larin, the Offside King, stayed onside finally to receive a pass from Dani Rodriguez, control and shoot past GK for the first goal. Valery stole the ball from a Valladolid defender and slotted past for the GK for what turned out to be the match winner. Real did pick up a stoppage time goal, but no more. Goals - Assists Rodriguez 2 - 2 Valery 2 - 0 Larin 1 - 1 Muriqi 1 - 1 Prats 1 - 0 Costa 0 - 1 Opp own goal 1 Goals scored: 8 Goals conceded: 6 Clean sheets: 3
Week 9: 4-2-3 14 points Mallorca went to Barcelona and lost 2-1 to Espanyol. Raillo touched in a Larin shot that was headed for the back of the net. Goals - Assists Rodriguez 2 - 2 Larin 1 - 2 Valery 2 - 0 Muriqi 1 - 1 Prats 1 - 0 Raillo 1 - 0 Costa 0 - 1 Opp own goal 1 Goals scored: 9 Goals conceded: 8 Clean sheets: 3